Laptop

The fastest ARM Chromebook yet. For years, the processor question in high-performance Chromebooks had a simple answer. Now, MediaTek is crashing the party with its new Kompanio Ultra 910. The Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 illustrates the readiness of this new ARM chip to compete with Intel and AMD.
Mediatek Kompanio Ultra 910 | ARM Immortalis-G925 MC11 | 14.00" | 1.2 kg

x86 budget laptop killer. With the Snapdragon X processor, Qualcomm wants to heat up the competition in the budget segment. A laptop with this chip: the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15Q8X10. The Oryon CPU really shows its strengths here, even if there certainly are some compromises to this budget laptop.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100 | Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-45 1.7 TFLOPS | 15.30" | 1.6 kg

Business convertible with stylus & 5G. Lenovo has a new business convertible called the ThinkPad T14s 2-in-1. It offers plenty of business features as well as 5G connectivity, but the combination of an Intel Arrow Lake processor with low power limits, comparatively thick chassis, and soldered RAM raises questions.
Intel Core Ultra 7 255U | Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) | 14.00" | 1.4 kg

The Glacier LW 8K L is the lightest mouse Chilkey has made to date. Despite that, it is backed to suppor high-end wireless specs, an 8K polling rate via its wireless dongle included. It is also rated to work as an 8K Bluetooth and a USB-C peripheral, and to deliver solid ergonomics despite its ultra-low-weight build. The mouse also stands out with its own integrated active display.

More is currently not possible. With the Key 18 Pro, Schenker has a mobile workstation on offer that is aimed at enthusiasts and can be configured extensively. We tested the top model with the Core Ultra 9 275HX, the RTX 5090 laptop, 256 GB RAM and 28 TB SSD storage. There is also PCIe 5.0, Thunderbolt 5 & two network connections.
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop | 18.00" | 4.1 kg

Transform and roll out. Lenovo has had some interesting laptop designs including ones with E-Ink, folding tablets, and dual-boot detachables with both x86 and ARM processors. The ThinkBook Plus Rollable, however, definitely takes the cake for being the most useful and practical thus far.
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Arc Graphics 140V | 16.70" | 1.7 kg

Core Ultra 9 with 115 W GeForce RTX graphics. Unlike the Alienware Area-51 behemoth, the Alienware 16X Aurora cuts out a lot of the RGB features and fancy Gorilla Glass for a more affordable and streamlined gaming machine. Nonetheless, we find the 240 Hz display and Core Ultra 9 CPU to be more impressive than the GeForce RTX 5070 GPU.
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop | 16.00" | 2.5 kg

A marathon runner in a business suit Acer's new TravelMate P6 is feather-light, mostly silent, and its battery life is outstanding. It's a notebook that gets through several workdays without a single thought spared for the charging cable, all while the compact business laptop delivers respectable performance.
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V | Intel Arc Graphics 130V | 14.00" | 1 kg

Multi-core master. With the Crosshair A17 HX, MSI is selling an exciting gaming notebook that combines an extremely fast AMD CPU (Zen 4) and an Nvidia GPU from the Blackwell generation. We tested this interesting mix in detail and compared it with the Intel competition.
AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop | 17.00" | 2.9 kg

An expensive pleasure. Although the Aorus Elite 16 only features an RTX 5070, the 16-inch model is as costly as some RTX 5070 Ti laptops. We take a closer look at the gaming machine and compare various aspects with several competitors.
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop | 16.00" | 2.4 kg